BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//eroding empire - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for eroding empire REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T210000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260311T022920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T175118Z UID:5681-1774031400-1774040400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Marco Perolini launches 'Migration and Mobile Rights' DESCRIPTION:Activism\, Racial Justice\, and Human Rights from Below\nPlease note this an externally organised event. You can RSVP using this link: \nhttps://www.easy-rsvp.com/G3uqJ0-book-launch-migration-and-mobile-rights URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/marco-perolini-launches-migration-and-mobile-rights/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260212T022938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230926Z UID:5389-1773946800-1773952200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: RADICAL JUSTICE: Building the World We Need with Nani Jansen Reventlow DESCRIPTION:Housmans are delighted to be hosting an event around this essential new book — a stalwart guide to strengthen the movement for freedom and equality for all. \nOur society is breaking down. Fascists are winning elections\, economic inequality is rampant\, and the climate crisis is at its tipping point. It feels like the amount of work needed to overcome these injustices is too much to handle. But what if there is a way to lower the threshold to action? Who will free us if not ourselves? \nIn Radical Justice\, international human rights lawyer Nani Jansen Reventlow shows how we can build a fundamentally different future with our own hands. We all have our own spheres of influence\, and each of us can be the revolution.   \nTaking inspiration from the deep well of anti-racist and social activist writers such as Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Angela Davis\, each chapter offers tips on how to learn\, reflect and act in a society where we are told we are powerless. Including advice on strategic litigation\, reclaiming our digital rights\, reparations demands\, climate activism and much more\, the information in these pages is indispensable to the struggle for radical justice. \nNani Jansen Reventlow is an international human rights lawyer. She is the founder of Systemic Justice\, which advocates for marginalised communities through strategic litigation. Politico named her one of society’s great visionary tech leaders for her work on digital human rights. She has also been honoured with awards from Harvard\, Oxford and Columbia Universities. \nNani will read from and talk about the book for about 45 minutes\, followed by a Q&A. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-radical-justice-building-the-world-we-need-with-nani-jansen-reventlow/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260318T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260318T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260212T022937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230914Z UID:5388-1773860400-1773865800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: The Othered Woman How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women by Shahed Ezaydi DESCRIPTION:‘An urgent\, vital contribution to the feminist conversation – one that tears through the comfortable myth of universal sisterhood’ – Alya Mooro\, author of The Greater Freedom \nGrowing up\, journalist Shahed Ezaydi was often asked how she could call herself a feminist and still practise her faith. It’s a question that reveals a deeper issue that Muslim women often face: being ignored in feminist spaces entirely\, or cast as passive victims in need of being saved. This mindset fuels gendered Islamophobia and a narrow white feminism. But Muslim women don’t need rescuing. \nThe Othered Woman is the book Ezaydi wishes her younger self could have turned to. It challenges the myths of how Muslim women are oppressed and who by\, and shows that these myths translate into very real harm both in Britain and around the world\, showcasing the voices of intersectional feminists who are fighting for liberation on their own terms. Accessible and compelling\, this is urgent reading for anyone who considers themselves a feminist. \nAnd we are delighted that Ezaydi is able to join us at Housmans to discuss this essential book. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-othered-woman-how-white-feminism-harms-muslim-women-by-shahed-ezaydi/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260212T022936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230859Z UID:5387-1773774000-1773779400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: Superweak: Thinking in the 21st Century: Laurent de Sutter in conversation with Alfie Bown DESCRIPTION:Using the stealth capacities of hermeneutic distrust as his weapon of choice\, de Sutter’s writing breaks into unrecovered areas of subtle teachings\, shedding light on philosophemes gleaned from Aristotle to punk-led attitude\, biojewelry\, and the historical buildup of authority billed to the triumph of reason in its many intrusive morphs.— Avital Ronell\, New York University \nWe welcome back the brilliant Alfie Bown to Housmans\, this time in the company of Belgian philosopher Laurent de Sutter. The two will be focusing their conversation on the nature and necessity (or\, rather\, superfluity [as posited by Laurent]) of critique. As a jumping off point they will be using Laurent’s recent work of theory\, Superweak: Thinking in the 21st Century. The book is described below: \n‘We have become superheroes. Nothing can resist us anymore: not persons\, ideas\, facts\, realities\, or beings. We owe our superhuman strength to a tool we have taken up that submits everything to the scrutiny of our judgment: critique. After its first formulation at the end of the sixteenth century\, the project of critique spread from one sphere to another until it became almost universal: we have all of us been transformed by our equal capacity to judge\, approve\, and reject. \nIf modernity is defined as the journey we have taken to move away from the myths and dogmas of the past\, then critique\, with its emphasis on reason and the autonomy of judgment\, has been the lynchpin of modernity. \nToday\, however\, the critical project shows signs of exhaustion. We are beginning to realize that being right is useless\, now that everyone can lay claim to the same power as we can. The democratization of reason\, proceeding alongside the development of critique through modernity\, has produced a stalemate: for every judgment that we pronounce\, there is another opposing one – with grounds as solid as our own\, and the same right to assert itself. Rather than elevating us above the world\, critique has mired us in an impasse of claim and counter-claim. The age of critique is now over and in its place we need to develop a postcritical form of thinking\, one he calls “superweak\,” a form of thinking based not on establishing grounds\, pronouncing judgment\, and determining duty\, but on welcoming possibility\, exploring what the world has to offer\, and cultivating a vertiginous appreciation for moving within a world less grounded and less bounded by the terms of critical reason.’ \nProfessor Laurent de Sutter is Professor of Legal Theory at Vrije Universiteit Brussels. He is the author of more than twenty books translated into a dozen languages. In English\, he is the author of Narcocapitalism: Life in the Age of Anaesthesia (Polity\, 2017) and After Law (Polity\, 2020\, French Voices Award\, Leopold Rosy Prize of the Belgian Royal Academy). He is the editor of the Theory Redux series at Polity Press and of Perspectives Critiques at Presses Universitaires de France. \nDr Alfie Bown is Lecturer in Digital Media Culture and Technology at Royal Holloway\, University of London. His books include Dream Lovers (Pluto\, 2022)\, an investigation into dating apps\, sexbots and virtual relationships\, Post-Comedy (Polity\, 2024)\, Post-Memes (Punctum\, 2019) and The Playstation Dreamworld (Polity\, 2017)\, a psychoanalytic study of video games which is available in Spanish\, Portuguese\, Serbian\, Slovak and many other languages. Currently\, he is working on the relationship between psychoanalysis and cybernetics. He is also editor of Everyday Analysis\, a pamphlet house and monthly talk series. \nAlfie and Laurent will talk for around one hour\, we will then have an open discussion. At Housmans\, we welcome debate and challenging ideas\, so please do attend in that spirit. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-talk-superweak-thinking-in-the-21st-century-laurent-de-sutter-in-conversation-with-alfie-bown/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260313T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260313T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132841Z UID:4012-1773414000-1773428400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-38/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260212T022935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230847Z UID:5386-1773342000-1773347400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: The Migrant Art of Coping by Sohail Jannesari DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Dr Sohail Jannesari as we discuss his groundbreaking new work of non-fiction\, The Migrant Art of Coping. \nRefugees don’t just survive displacement\, they build strength\, community\, and new ways of coping that challenge everything we know about mental health. \nThe Migrant Art of Coping shares stories of refugees navigating harsh borders\, restrictive laws\, and failing support systems. Drawing on their words\, experiences\, and creative practices\, each chapter offers insights and activities on belonging\, care\, and survival. Whether you’re a mental health professional\, a concerned citizen\, or simply curious about how people find hope in the face of upheaval\, this book will shift the way you see wellbeing\, identity\, and healing. \nThis event will take a slightly different form to usual: rather than Sohail engaging in conversation with an interviewer\, he will instead begin my talking a little bit about the book; its history\, its intentions and most important arguments\, before asking the audience to split off into different groups so that they can discuss the book themselves\, and how it reflects their own experiences\,before coming back together for an open discussion. \nDr. Sohail Jannesari is a researcher\, writer\, and educator bridging mental health\, migration\, and social justice. He partners with sanctuary seekers\, young people\, survivors of human trafficking\, and community groups to explore lived experience\, challenge harmful systems and support wellbeing. Find out more on www.sohailj.com. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-migrant-art-of-coping-by-sohail-jannesari/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T200000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132819Z UID:4011-1773324000-1773345600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. \nFor exceptional closures check twitter: @56aInfoshop URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-37/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260212T022934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230836Z UID:5385-1773169200-1773174600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:TALK: NO TO NUCLEAR! Linda Pentz Gunter in conversation with Jonathon Porritt DESCRIPTION:‘Linda Pentz Gunter has done a great service in highlighting the nuclear chain reaction and exposing the huge human and environmental costs. We need this book for our environment and a peaceful world’ \n– Jeremy Corbyn \nWe are delighted to welcome Linda Pentz Gunter to Housmans to discuss her new book No To Nuclear. Brilliantly written\, clear\, concise and exacting\, this brilliant book shows us that there is no silver bullet for the climate crisis—but that hasn’t stopped people searching. Seizing its chance\, the nuclear power industry wants us to believe that theirs is the only technical fix for our deliverance. The public\, politicians and the media have been easily swayed. \nThis should come as no surprise. After all\, the pro-nuclear PR campaign is richly funded and has an army of lobbyists sowing myths while the industry reaps the rewards of taxpayer-funded subsidies. \nNo To Nuclear calls the industry’s bluff. Blasting aside its claims to be safe and green\, Linda Pentz Gunter makes the irresistible case that nuclear power is too slow\, too expensive\, too dangerous and too integrally connected to the nuclear weapons complex\, to serve as a rational energy choice. \nThe book also delves into the lives of Indigenous peoples and communities of colour\, who have been harmed the most by the nuclear sector\, and questions whether the way we devalue nature and the environment is costing us the chance of a genuinely just energy transition. \nLinda Pentz Gunter is the founder of the US-based non-profit Beyond Nuclear and serves as its international specialist. Previously\, she was a journalist at USA Network\, Reuters\, and The Times. She launched\, and writes for Beyond Nuclear’s online magazine\, Beyond Nuclear International. \nJoining Linda in conversation we welcome the environmentalist and writer Johnathon Porritt. Jonathon is a great advocate for the Green Party and frequently contributes to magazines\, newspapers and books\, and appears on radio and television. \n‘Linda Pentz Gunter has the great skill that more writers should have: to take a crucial and complex issue and make it truly accessible. This rigorous and comprehensive work is a gift to everyone who wants to understand the nuclear power paradox’ \n– Kate Hudson\, previous General Secretary of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/talk-no-to-nuclear-linda-pentz-gunter-in-conversation-with-jonathon-porritt/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260212T022934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230823Z UID:5384-1772910000-1772915400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: The Mixed + Multiracial Guide To Wellbeing with Namalee Bolle DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebratory evening of radical mixed + multiracial discussion! “What aaaaarrrrrrrrrreeeeeee you?!”If you just had that familiar sinking feeling\, this book is for you. Do you point out how alienating and othering that question is? Stand your ground and explain that you don’t have to justify your existence with a pie chart and a family tree? Or keep the peace\, bite your tongue and smile politely at yet another person treating you like a science project? While each mixed person’s experience is different\, there are common threads from living in a monoracial world that weave their way into your life. This book explores ways for mixed and multiracial people to recognise how their identity has shaped their life\, handle common challenges\, and resist othering and erasure.Informed by experience and expertise from both sides of the therapist’s couch\, the Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing shows you how to handle microaggressions\, confront systemic issues\, and control your own story. \nThe Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing is a timely\, compassionate and quietly radical book that speaks to a fast-growing yet persistently overlooked readership.   \nReviews: \n‘Namalee Bolle successfully brings her readers into an impressive gathering of voices that give depth and breadth to the mixed and multiracial experience. This book invites us all to bring a deeper understanding to our own identities\, and the ways we find belonging and meaning in the world’ \nMarcia Bonato Warren MA MA LPC\, author of Movement and Identity: Multiculturalism\, Somatic Awareness\, and Embodied Code-Switching \n‘Bolle examines the complexities of mixed-race identity and confronts them with thoughtful\, tangible solutions. The Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing is a relatable and fascinating read for anyone who’s ever fielded the question\, “What are you?” And essential for anyone who’s asked it’ \n Nabil Ayers\, author of My Life in the Sunshine \nOUR SPEAKERS: \nNamalee Bolle is a London-based multidisciplinary artist\, transpersonal transcultural integrative psychotherapist and award winning writer. She is British born of Sri-Lankan and Dutch-Jewish heritage and her work explores themes of multicultural identity\, intergenerational trauma and post-traumatic thriving. With a background as SUPERSUPER! magazine co-founder Namalee was featured in Pioneers: A Renaissance in South Asian Creativity at the British Maritime Museum. Her work has been published in The Guardian\, I-D\, Dazed\,The London Evening Standard\, Vogue and ShowSTUDIO. \nJassa Ahluwalia is a British actor\, writer\, filmmaker and trade unionist. Born in Coventry to a white English mum and a brown Punjabi dad\, he came to prominence as Rocky in the hit BBC Three series Some Girls\, followed by starring roles in Unforgotten\, Ripper Street\, and Peaky Blinders. Jassa created the hashtag #BothNotHalf to explore mixed identity in light of his own British-Indian heritage. His TEDx talk on How Language Shapes Identity has clocked up over 170k views and his BBC One documentary Am I English? won an Asian Media Award in 2022. His book Both Not Half: A Radical New Approach to Mixed Identity is out now from Bonnier Books. \nNamalee and Jassa will talk for around 45 minutes to 1hr followed by a Q&A with the audience. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-mixed-multiracial-guide-to-wellbeing-with-namalee-bolle/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T180000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132757Z UID:4009-1772892000-1772906400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. \nFor exceptional closures check Twitter: @56aInfoshop URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-36/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T140000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260305T022931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260308T012401Z UID:5576-1772892000-1772892000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:International Women's Book Swap DESCRIPTION:Come down to the Feminist Library for our Book Swap in celebration of International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is “Give to Get”\, so bring a feminist book you want to share to take one home URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/international-womens-book-swap/ LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5576_image_fl_bookswap.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T224133Z UID:4008-1772823600-1772823600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:First Friday Freedom Fun board game night! DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for a night of frivolity\, fun and friendly competition. Every 1st Friday of the month. Next one is the 1st November\,  7pm Decentre. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/first-friday-freedom-fun-board-game-night-3/ LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, Angel Alley\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1289_image_bloc_0.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132731Z UID:4007-1772809200-1772823600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-35/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260306T000000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260306T235959 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260306T194449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260308T012328Z UID:5638-1772755200-1772841599@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:2026 London Anarchist Bookfair DESCRIPTION:The 2026 London Anarchist Bookfair will take place on Saturday 26th September at Richmix with a host of other venues in the area involved. As well as workshops\, discussions\, skillshares\, campaign stalls\, food and kids programme\, this year will include a warm up gig on Friday 25th and two after parties! More information soon! URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/2026-london-anarchist-bookfair/ LOCATION:Richmix\, Bethnal Green Road\, E1 6LA CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Gigs,Meetings,Parties,Protests/Actions,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5611_image_high_res_molly_1_1-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260212T022933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230811Z UID:5383-1772737200-1772742600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Frontierlands by Hazel Sheffield DESCRIPTION:‘Hazel Sheffield’s book is a warming remedy to the creeping nihilism many feel about the places where they live\,’ Jen Calleja \nWe are delighted to welcome Hazel Sheffield to the shop to discuss her inspiring new book about Britain’s abandoned and neglected places and the opportunities they present for communities\, and how they can help us face the challenges of climate change. \n‘Frontierlands’ are Britain’s forgotten places. Silt-filled harbours\, overgrown forests\, sunken railway tracks and empty buildings. All once economic engines\, now abandoned by investors and the state.But they are home to local communities\, and amongst them\, some remarkable pioneers working together to repair\, rebuild and prepare for the future.Hazel Sheffield takes her readers on a journey that begins at the coastline and travels inward via hoardings and railway arches\, factories\, streets and neighbourhoods to our homes. Moving from Watchet harbour in the South West to Gateshead in the North East\, from Lancashire to London and the South East\, she introduces us to the people who are acting to shape their own destinies – people with first-hand knowledge of the problems Britain faces and with clear ideas how to make things better.This is a book about regeneration\, reclaiming power\, and the hope that comes from community action. About people questioning how the world works and determined to do things differently in the face of economic upheaval and climate crisis. People learning to build a new world\, challenging us all to think about how we should live in the face of certain change. \nImmersive and inspiring\, Frontierlands challenges us to reconnect with and reclaim our environment\, showing that it is possible to regenerate\, reskill and create opportunities for industry\, and to address the challenges of climate change \nHazell will speak about the book for around 45 minutes- 1hr followed by a q&a. She will be signing books after the event.As always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-frontierlands-by-hazel-sheffield/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260116T142721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T143532Z UID:4560-1772737200-1772737200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:First Thursday Freedom board game night! DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for a night of frivolity\, fun and friendly competition. Every 1st Friday of the month.\nNext one is the 5th February\, 7pm Decentre. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/first-thursday-freedom-board-game-night-2/ LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, Angel Alley\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1289_image_bloc_0.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T200000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132710Z UID:4006-1772719200-1772740800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. \nFor exceptional closures check twitter: @56aInfoshop URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-34/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260228T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260228T220000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260116T142720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T143329Z UID:4559-1772305200-1772316000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES: Joseph Minden launches Answerlands DESCRIPTION:We are BUZZING to be keeping off our 2026 Poetry Series with the brilliant Joseph Minden\, who’ll be launching is latest collection Answerlands\, published late last year by Carcanet. Joining Joseph we have Kat Addis\, Joseph Persad\, Dolly Rae Star and Verity Spott. \nThis is a free event\, but please RSVP below. Also please feel free to BYOB. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/housmans-poetry-series-joseph-minden-launches-answerlands/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Poetry-Series-3-e1768573998677.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260228T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260228T180000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132648Z UID:4005-1772287200-1772301600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. \nFor exceptional closures check Twitter: @56aInfoshop URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-33/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260227T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260227T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132625Z UID:4004-1772204400-1772218800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-32/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T210000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260226T143012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T094645Z UID:5522-1772132400-1772139600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Archiving from Below: DIY Psychoanalysis and the Free Clinic Archive DESCRIPTION:For the next event in our ‘Archiving from Below’ series\, we invite two researchers from the Freepsy Research Collective: ‘Free Clinics and a Psychoanalysis for the People: Progressive Histories\, Collective Practices\, Implications for our Times’ to discuss historical findings from free clinics\, grassroots psychoanalytic groups and the future of memory. \nThe first part will explore DIY psychoanalytic movements in the 1970s in the UK\, including the Barefoot Psychoanalyst\, the Red Collective\, and Red Therapy. Feminist and liberatory social movements of the time critiqued traditional psychoanalysis and implemented new DIY psy practices that addressed how power is maintained through capitalism and political oppression. This history showcases a horizontally structured psychoanalysis that is both a clinical and political exercise\, organised in a very particular manner: the hierarchy between patient and analyst is consistently challenged\, reassessed\, and modified. DIY methods and self-help in this framework imply mutuality and a horizontal relationship based on the exchange of skills\, knowledge\, and resources rather than hierarchy. In this session\, we will grasp historically both hope and despair: examples of activism\, psychoanalysis\, and mutual care as a collective practice of experimentation. \nThe second part of the session will encourage us to think together about changing archives and archival practice\, especially in relation to collective and social memory. We ask how new collaborative relationships between archives and their users are developing the future of memory. With the notion of the traditional archive dismantling\, we’ll also look at how this reconfiguration of the archive is shifting the mode from exclusivity to inclusivity\, a central theme shared with the free clinics. \nYou will encounter archival objects from the UK to Brazil that record and retell a history of psychoanalysis as a practice from below. This session will be interactive and open to experimentation\, sharing ideas\, and\, hopefully\, helping us link past and present while imagining the future of psychoanalysis and a network of free clinics. \nSign up in bio! URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/archiving-from-below-diy-psychoanalysis-and-the-free-clinic-archive/ LOCATION:Mayday Rooms\, 88 Fleet Street\, EC4Y 1AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260116T142719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T143122Z UID:4558-1772132400-1772137800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:MAY WE FEED THE KING: Writing Radical Fiction Today with Rebecca Perry & Misha Honcharenko DESCRIPTION:Perry combines effortless exactitude with canny ambiguity to create a novel that is always as stimulating as it is enchanting. ‘May We Feed the King’ is a rare achievement\, I absolutely loved it. \nClaire-Louise Bennett \nWe are delighted to welcome two of the most exciting writers working in Britain today\, Rebecca Perry and Misha Honcharenko\, to Housmans for our first creative writing event of the year. The talk will be focused on Rebecca’s new novel May We Feed The King (Granta)\, a ‘serial and dreamlike’ (Jessie Burton) work of avant-garde historical fiction that tells the story of ‘ a curator\, who spends her time dressing the rooms of historic buildings to bring them to life. But in the lush private quarters of a medieval palace\, she finds herself so transfixed by the reign of an almost-forgotten King that the edges of her life begin to blur.’ Interviewing Rebecca about the book we welcome back Misha Honcharenko\, a queer Ukrainian artist and writer whose incredible debut novel Trap Unfolds Me Greedily (Sissy Anarchy) we launched at Housmans back in 2024. The are two writers whose work is in equal parts inventive and alert to the historical circumstances under which it is produced. As the current global order continues to dissolve before our eyes\, we ask: what can\, or should\, ‘fiction’ be now? \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/may-we-feed-the-king-writing-radical-fiction-today-with-rebecca-perry-misha-honcharenko/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/May-We-Feed-the-King-Jacket-1-e1768573854401.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T200000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132604Z UID:4003-1772114400-1772136000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. \nFor exceptional closures check twitter: @56aInfoshop URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-31/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260222T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260222T143000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260215T143016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230733Z UID:5407-1771770600-1771770600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Central & Eastern European Diasporic (CEED) Feminisms Reading Group DESCRIPTION:Join us in reading Authority\, Authenticity\, and the Epistemic Legacies of Cold War Area Studies; Some Reflections on Women’s History and State Socialism in Eastern Europe. \nNo prior reading is required\, as we will read together aloud during the session – one person and one paragraph at a time. There is also no need for any prior knowledge on the topic. Some hard copies of the text will be available on the day. \nThere is an option to join online – please email us at events@feministlibrary.co.uk to let us know you would like to join remotely.   https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/central-eastern-european-diasporic-ceed-feminisms-reading-group-tickets-1981725049971?aff=oddtdtcreator URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/central-eastern-european-diasporic-ceed-feminisms-reading-group/ LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/5381_image_dc90e371-21ba-402a-8c5f-b457c5aa00a4_-_events_feminist_library.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260221T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260221T180000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132538Z UID:4002-1771682400-1771696800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. \nFor exceptional closures check Twitter: @56aInfoshop URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-30/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260221T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260221T140000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260212T022927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230710Z UID:5379-1771682400-1771682400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Herstories Book Club: our wives under the sea DESCRIPTION:☕ Next meeting: Sat 21 February\, 2.00-3.30pm 📍Location: Feminist Library (tbc) 📖 Book: Our Wives under the Sea\, by Julia Armfield (2023) 📚 Previous books we’ve read: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/herstories-book-club \n🔎 When Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe\, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. \nWhatever happened in that vessel stranded on the ocean floor\, Leah has carried part of it with her\, onto dry land and into their home. \nAs Miri searches for answers to her wife’s altered state\, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her grasp. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/herstories-book-club-our-wives-under-the-sea/ LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/5379_image_herstories_bookclub_-_julie_zeller_1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260220T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260220T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132519Z UID:4001-1771599600-1771614000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-29/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260219T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260219T200000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132430Z UID:3999-1771509600-1771531200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. \nFor exceptional closures check twitter: @56aInfoshop URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-28/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260214T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260214T180000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20251215T105153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132410Z UID:3997-1771077600-1771092000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. \nFor exceptional closures check Twitter: @56aInfoshop URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-27/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260214T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260214T133000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184555 CREATED:20260212T022922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230509Z UID:5375-1771075800-1771075800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Love and Letters: a fundraiser for People's Letters DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Bookshop for a drop-in workshop and fundraiser for People’s Letters. We’ll be taking inspiration from Black Feminist writing to think through feminist futures centring love\, care\, solidarity and community. We’ll be exploring selected texts from our archive and there’ll be an option to send letters to prisoners of conscience currently in UK jails. \nThe workshop will be a low-key\, no judgement\, come as you are space. You’re welcome to drop-in any time. Light refreshments including tea and coffee and all materials are provided. \n  URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/love-and-letters-a-fundraiser-for-peoples-letters/ LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/5375_image_1_84.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR